Undergraduate Research

A policy studies and sociology major explores how gender and race can impact the political activism of college-aged women.

The Love Award for Excellence in Business Leadership provided the senior with an opportunity to pursue a research project exploring the variation in work sample tests’ levels of predictive validity.

The university's top undergraduate research award comes with $20,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achivements. 

An international business major explores the impact of a brand's national origin, in this case brands from France, on the brand perceptions of customers. 

This week, Elon students, faculty and staff are involved in activities to mark CELEBRATE! 2019, a celebration of student achievements in academics and the arts. 

The event hosted by the South Asia Research Group will provide students, faculty and staff an opportunity to discuss the research process over a selection of Indian food. 

The economics and mathematics double major analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ High School Longitudinal Survey of 2009 to identify the driving factors contributing to female student STEM attrition rates. 

Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, professor of psychology, was the mentor for both projects.

Kearns' research titled "Implications for elementary educators' abilities to accurately self-evaluate their mathematics teaching practices in relation to math anxiety levels" discusses the correlation and effects between high levels of female elementary school teachers and the fact that women tend to have higher anxiety levels when it comes to math. 

Three faculty members and six undergraduate researchers from the Department of Biology represented Elon University at the N.C. Academy of Science conference at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on March 22-23, 2019.